The influence of female oviposition strategy on sibling cannibalism in the ladybird beetle Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 43-48

  Osawa, Naoya ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coccinellidae; Egg fertility; Harmonia axyridis; Oviposition strategy; Sibling cannibalism

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; CANNIBALISM; OVIPOSITION; SIBLING;

APHIDIDAE; COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HARMONIA AXYRIDIS;

EID: 0037647577     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2003.009     Document Type: Article

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